Secret compartment for cabinets



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SECRET GOMPARTMENT FOR GABINETS, dac.

No. 513,061. Patented Jan. 16, 1894.

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SE'GRET GOMPARIMENT POR CABINETS, &c.

Y No. 513,061. Patented'Jan. 16, 1894.

l? d f NITED STA-TES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE F. SLATER, OF CHARLTON, AS'SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOI-IN l MORGAN,OF SPRINGFIELD,I MASSACHUSETTS.

SECRET ooMPARTIVIEN-rj` Y-lion CABINETS, sto.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofV Letters Patent No. 513,061, dated January16, 1894. Application iiled August 3, 1893. SerialNo. 482.*231. (Nomodel.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J Essn F. SLATER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Charlton city, in the county of Worcester and Stateof Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSecret Oompartments for Cabinets, &c.;' and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide a secret or concealedcompartment for furniture which may be used as a receptacle forvaluables; and it consists in the construction and combination of theparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view of a cabinet to which I have shown my inventionapplied. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsectional view on the line of Fig. 2, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detailperspective views.

A designates the article of furniture which is provided with a drawer Bof ordinary construction and in which articles of ordinary value may beplaced and a drawer O of somewhat similar construction.

D designates the secret compartment or drawer which is located in therear of the drawer C.

The drawers C and D maybe applied to a bureau, chionier, dresser, desk,or other article of furniture.

The sides a a of the article of furniture are each provided with anLaperture b which is adapted to receive a block c which is attached toan escutcheon, rosette, or other ornamental part of the furniture.ertured and through the same pass rods CZ which will retain theescutcheons and blocks in place and permit them' to have a slidingmovement. Adjacent to the apertures b are 5o perforations c which areadapted to receive pins f which project through the sides of the Theseblocks are apf to cover the heads of the pins so as to cony ceal them,and unless both pins are partially withdrawn it will be impossible toentirely withdraw the drawer. Similar escutcheons are located on therear side of the article of furniture, and the blocks attached to theseescutcheons carry hooks g which are adapted to engage cross-bars whichintersect recesses h in the end piece of the secret compartment D, andwhen the hooks are in engagement with said cross-bars the removal of thesecret compartment will be prevented.

c' i designate drawer guides or bars upon which the drawer O slides, andlo a similar guide which is attached at its rear end to the secretcompartment while its forward end is bent down to enter a recess inraboard E which is located in the base of the drawer receptacle. The endof the guide lo engaging with the board E serves to hold it in place andby raising the end of the guide said boardl can be withdrawn, afterwhich the guide 7c may be used to withdraw the compartment D.

The guide-bars 0I t' are made up of strips of metal which are bent neartheir ends at right angles for attachment to a board .E the rear end ofwhich bears against the secret compartment. i Y,

In operation the escutcheons or ornam ental pieces G G are moved in thedirection indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3 and the escutcheons Hplnovedrearward so as to permit the partial withdrawal of the pins f. Thesecret compartment D is then placed in the drawer receptacle and theornaments Gr moved so that the d hooks thereon will engage thecross-bars in the rear end of the secret compartment and the forward endofthe guide rod 7c inserted in the aperture therefor. The drawer C isnow slid into the drawer-receptacle, the pins pushed into the grooves inthe side pieces thereof and the ornaments H moved to cover said pins.

By the construction hereinbefore described I provide an article offurniture with a concealed compartment for the reception of valuables,'the location of said compartment be- IOC) Vof the same,` acompartment D located at the:

ing made deceptive by reason of the drawer located' in" front of thesame.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In an article of furniture having a drawer or a series of drawers;movable' pieceslocated in the sides of the article of furniture and fadapted to cover pins which engage with one of the drawers to preventthe entire removal rear of the drawer and provided with a rod kforwithdrawing the same and means for holding the same againstWithdrawal; said? means comprising sliding blocks; with hooks whichengage cross-bars in the rear end of the compartment, substantiallyr asshown.

2.' In combination Awith a drawer casing i comprisingv in part sid'es cto and a rear wall,

presence of' two witnesses.

the sides having apertures and perforations adjacent thereto to receivepins, sliding blocks having portions which are adapted to be slid overthe heads of the pins so as to conceal the same, the rear wall of thecasing being also provided with apertures and sliding blockscarryznghools; a drawer C having grooves in itssides, and acompartment Dhaving the rear Wall thereof recessed and provided with cross-bars withwhich the hooks hereinbefore referredto" engage,n substantially asshown,

and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n JESSE F. SLATER.

Witnesses: Y p n EDGAR M. PHILLIPST C; C. BRADFORD;

